Pocos De Caldas

Plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279739
MAS/MILS ID 3510231018
Record type Site
Current site name Pocos De Caldas
Alternate or previous names Pocos De Caldas,Minas Gerai

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -40.38222, -14.54767 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Minas Gerais(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Minas Gerais

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -40.38222, -14.54767

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1970
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Mining district

District name Minas Gerais

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alcoa Aluminio Sa
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America
    Interest 79
    Year 1985
  • Type Owner
    Owner Camargo Correa
    Interest 21
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1985

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Published Rated Aluminum Metal Capacity 90000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 90000mt
  • Year 1981
    Period 1980-1981
    Description Aluminum Metal Production; 1980, 81 89000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 89000mt
  • Year 1985
    Period 1982-1985
    Description Aluminum Metal Production; 1982 To 1985 90000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 90000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 91000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 91000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 93000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 93000mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1987 AL-STUDY ESTIAMTED AL METAL PRODUCTION FOR 1987 IS 180,000 MTPY ALUMINA. 1987 AL-STUDY ESTIMATED AL METAL PRODUCTION FOR 1987 IS 92,819 MTPY AL METAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK",

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT # J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 47; PART II - SUMMARY,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 6.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINUM SMELTER DATA SHEETS,

  • Deposit

    1986, PAGE 155; 1988, PAGE 1.74.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILS DATA IN THE "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. DATA IN THIS DATA BASE FILE IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATE OF DATA IS AS OF 1987, 1988, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. CAPACITY DATA ON BOTH THE CONCENTRATOR "K" AND PRODUCT "P" DATA SETS IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA CONS INPUT PER PER DAY, IE, "MT CONS/DAY". PRODUCT "P" DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01, AND 02 WERE USED IN THE ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY, ECONOMIC EVALUATION. RECORDS 03 AND 02 WERE USED IN THE SUPPLY STUDY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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